Patrick Gerald McKenna, DL, FIBMS, FRSB, MRIA (born 10 December 1953), known informally and widely as Gerry McKenna, is a Chartered Biologist (CBiol, 1982) and Chartered Scientist (CSci, 2006) from Northern Ireland.
Professor McKenna, grew up in the townland of Lisbanlemneigh situated between Benburb and The Moy, County Tyrone and attended St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon, the New University of Ulster and the Queen's University Belfast. He is most well known for his long affiliation with the University of Ulster in Coleraine, where he was honoured with the Freedom of the Borough of Coleraine[1][2] and as Coleraine Business Person of the Year, as well as being appointed Deputy Lieutenant and later Vice Lord Lieutenant for County Londonderry.[3]
- ^ "Meeting of Coleraine Borough Council Agenda" (PDF). Wsuk4.prossl.com. 27 June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Sheepish traditions". Times Higher Education (THE). 9 February 2001.
- ^ "Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry – Lord Lieutenant of Londonderry".